Improvement in fences



` JOHNH. RUCKMAN.

Yimprovement in Fences.

Withesses v Inventor` l. l M @vwo/WMA 604.05%@ ia lvrrE TAJrEs JOHN H. RUOKMAN, OF OARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO GIOERO B. BROOKE, OF SAME PLAGE, AND DAVID V. RUCKMAN, OF MILL GAP, VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

Spccication forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,845, dated April 16, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN H. RUCKMAN, of Cartersville, in the county of Bartow and State of Georgia, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Portable Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the saine, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure lof the drawing is a representation of a side elevation of my invention. Fig. is a side view of a post of the same.

This invention has relation to a portable fence 5 and it consists in the construction` and novel ,arrangement of its parts, whereby it is readily taken apart and put together, and, al-

y though made of comparatively inexpensive material, when put together well braced and durable.

In the accompanying drawing illustratingl this invention, the letter O designates Ithe post, Vmade usually of boards tapering from the base upward. The post is composed of two pieces, C C, each of which has a vertical and an inclined edge, the pieces being joined by their vertical edges to produce the standard, as illustrated in Fig. 2 ofthe drawing. B represents the sill or foot, to which the pieces C C are nailed or otherwise secured. It the sill is made ot' thick material, it maybe mortised to receive the lower ends of the pieces C C', but this is not necessary in the construction.

Y The ends of the pieces C C should reach down even with the lower face of the sill to avoid all undue strain upon the fastenin gs. The uprights C C are provided with notches c c, which, when they are placed together, form Inortises `ard, but are arranged to abut against its side,

thus bracing it in position. The upper ends of the pieces C C are narrow and delicate, on y account of the tapering form and the upper mortises. These ends are bound together by means of wire bands D passed through perforations in the ends of the pieces C' C', or wound around said ends. Other means of binding the ends of, the pieces C C may be employed, the object being apparent. The bars E extend below the bottom rail, even with the lower edge of the sill.

I am well aware that it is not new to use the tapering sectional standards connected at the top and bottom; hence I do not claim such broadly; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The fence herein described, consisting of the sills B, the tapering notched standard-pieces C O', the bands D, the long rails A, the short abutting rails A', and .the vertical bars E eX tending down even with the lower edge of the sill,- substantially as specied.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my naine in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. RUOKMAN.

Witnesses:

H. C. RAMSAUR, WILLIAM H. HOWARD. 

